The Ukrainians hit a refinery that is important for the Russians

According to the Astra website, city residents published recordings of the burning object on social media. They identified it as the Novoyaroslav Oil Refinery. The governor said that two people working at the plant were injured as a result of the incident.

Analysis of video materials found on the Internet shows that at least five large fires broke out in the refinery area.

One of the largest plants in Russia

The Slavneft-YANOS refinery operates in Yaroslavl, approximately 250 kilometers northeast of Moscow. It is one of the five largest plants of this type in Russia.

The facility is owned by Slavneft, a company controlled by Rosneft and Gazprom. It processes approximately 15 million tons of oil annually. Its products are delivered, among others, to airports and to enterprises related to the Russian arms industry, the Moscow Times reported. As noted, this was the second attack on this refinery since the beginning of autumn.

Russia reports hundreds of destroyed drones

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that a total of 856 drones were shot down or destroyed over the country's territory overnight. According to the Kremlin, 493 of them were to fly towards Moscow and the Moscow Oblast.

At the end of October, the Ukrainian army resumed strikes against Russian refineries after a break of about two weeks. The media reported that the pause could have been related to the request of US President Donald Trump.

Volodymyr Zelensky declared that Ukraine could stop attacks on Russian oil processing plants if it received Patriot missiles from the United States.